Jerusalem, Undefined - A "projectile" fired towards Israel from Yemen was intercepted, but not before air-raid warnings sounded across the...
- The new body - which will be chaired by the president and include top military commanders among other senior officials...
The meeting was co-chaired by Sheikh Ahmed bin Hashel Al-Maskari, Head of the Omani Foreign Ministry's GCC Department.The meeting was co-chaired by Sheikh Ahmed bin Hashel Al-Maskari, Head of the Omani Foreign Ministry's GCC Department
The meeting comes within the framework of the strategic partnership between the GCC and the USA
Regarding structural transformations to be witnessed in various vital economic sectors, Schwab says there will be about 10 billion people...There is an urgency to develop new mechanisms that strengthen international cooperation in today’s multipower world, says WEF chief Klaus Schwab
Technological transformation and the Fourth Industrial Revolution will impact the world for years to come, adds Schwab while speaking at WGS 23
Emirati President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan "has ordered the provision of an additional US$50 million as relief aid...The announcement came more than nine days after the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Syria and Turkey.
It also followed an appeal by the United Nations on Tuesday for $397 million to help earthquake victims.
- Last week's quake has affected more than seven million children, including 2.5 million in Syria alone, according to James Elder...
Hanaa, an eight-year-old girl, keeps asking for news of her family, unaware she is the sole survivor among her immediate relatives.
Disaster has piled more misery on Syrian children who have only witnessed tragedy in their lives because of the war that broke out more than a decade ago.
Dubai, UAE---A court in Makkah has fined Saudi Binladin Group SR20 million ($5.33 million) after the Group was convicted of...A total of 111 people were killed and 394 others injured in the crane crash on Sept 11, 2015 during the Haram expansion project.
The court found seven defendants guilty of negligence and violation of safety rules, the reports said, adding three of the defendants were sentenced to six months in prison.
- Rights group Amnesty International has said Sultan Al Jaber is "unfit" for the COP28 presidency, being the CEO of state-owned...
Al Jaber told a summit event that as "president, I will lay out a roadmap for COP28 that is inclusive, results-oriented and... very far from business as usual".
Al Jaber, 49, is also the UAE's minister of industry and advanced technology and head of a leading renewable energy firm. He is the first CEO to lead the summit.
The first UN delegation to visit rebel-held northwestern Syria since last week's earthquake crossed over from Turkey, AFP reported, as...The UN team visited a WFP centre in Syria's Sarmada, near the Turkish border.
They held a 40-minute meeting with officials at the Bab al-Hawa crossing - the only transit point on the Turkish border for UN aid deliveries to rebel-held areas.
- "In Turkey, the total number of children living in the 10 provinces hit by the two earthquakes was 4.6 million...
He spoke as rescue teams began winding down the search for survivors from the disastrous quake that has left more than 35,000 dead in the two countries.
"Unicef fears many thousands of children have been killed," Elder said, warning that "even without verified numbers, it is tragically clear that numbers will continue grow."
- After more than a decade of war, Assad's government remains a pariah in the West, complicating international efforts to assist...
United Nations relief chief told reporters in Aleppo that the UN was looking to raise money for the organizations helping Syrians cope with the earthquake
Up to 5.3 million people in Syria may have been made homeless by the devastating earthquake which rocked the region, according to the UN
The supplies sent to Damascus, containing "30 tons of food, medical supplies, blankets and other materials", followed a similar delivery...Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who seized power in a 2021 military coup, called Assad "to offer condolences" after the 7.8-magnitude tremor on February 6
On Sunday, Emirati Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan visited Assad in Damascus after the UAE pledged tens of millions of dollars in aid
